POETRY POST
Dulce et Decorum Est by Wilfred Owen In the poem Dulce et Decorum Est by Wilfred Owen, the idea of dying for one’s country is criticized. The speaker is in a war wasteland. He is watching everything that is going on, being a soldier himself. He is then forced to watch one of his friends die right in front of him. The speaker questions the phrase “Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori” which in Latin means “It is sweet and fitting to die for one’s country” by the gloomy and horrific pictures he brings to mind in this poem. The speaker makes a lot of references to the chaos and destruction caused by war, the amount of death that one is exposed to. An angry and sad tone is used to convey the message in this dark poem. The author's approach puts you in a war scene and helps you understand what soldiers have to go through in order to make sure that we are happy back in our homeland. MY IMITATION OF THE POEM “I listened to the last song, The remaining sign of